RDawson

Here's mine after 45000. Checked and replaced them during valve check. Luckily it hadn't left me on the side of the road.

I just did mine on the 07 at 45000 miles. None were out of spec but several were just above minimum. Gotta thank Skydoc for the use of the shim kit and tool and Mega2500 for sending me two shims I needed to finish. Now all are near the max spec so should be good for many more miles.

Glad to see this post. KY will start the new license in April, mine will expire then anyway and was trying to figure out if it will get us across the border without a passport. We are considering going to Niagara Falls when we leave Freebird's maintenance day. Our 25th anniversary is just before MD and I don't think she'll count that as the celebration trip. I got away with it last year but I think she expects more for 25 years. I thought she won the lottery when she got me but evidently I got to give a little more now and then.

There's a 2018 red near me for 22k new. Best price I've seen next to Don's.

https://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?939-Lowering-the-Front-End This is from the tech library assuming you have a 2nd gen.

60s and sunny here. It's killing me as my bike is down for maintenance and I tore a shoulder before getting it done. Bikes are all over the road. Enjoy your saddle time.

I was in a HF store today and they had one, said it was delivered a few days ago. They didn't expect it as they had not seen one in a couple years and it's no longer listed on the website. Manager is thinking a load may have been found somewhere and they're selling them off at clearance. Check back each week when they get a truck in. The one they there had a hole in the box so he offered it at $180 and let me open it up to make sure all major parts were there. I didn't count bolts and nuts but did go through the parts list and it's there. I couldn't pass it up. I had been in contact with Dfitzbiz about the one he has, good deal for someone. We have so many miles between us mileage on my truck would've eaten me alive. I did check tire date-51/17 so one year old.

Hate to hear that. Glad you are ok.

The OPD valves are required and static testing with new date stamps every 12 years now. They really cracked down on it around here.

The firefighter mentality in me says YIKES.

Hard to tell on my phone, is that the tank valve? If so we can't even get those tanks filled around here anymore. They won't fill anything over 12 years old.

I think I sent a PM. Phone is acting crazy.

For the good news get ready for the sticker shock of new units. In the ever lasting search for higher efficiency and free energy heat exchangers have gotten paper thin, coils are aluminum and thin, the new ozone saving refrigerants run at ungodly headpressures, motors are computer controlled multi speed units fit for space travel. With $1000 motors, blown coils and lines, burned out exchangers, and fried circuit boards you can expect 10-12 years service from a unit that costs double to buy and a fortune to maintain. But hey you save $150 a year in energy. I want my old units back with cast exchangers and solid state controls. 30 years of service with cheap repairs, I'll gladly pay for the wasted energy. I don't need a 14 speed condensor motor anyway. Sure am glad the tree huggers can enjoy their $10 lattes while basking in the glow of saving the world with energy savings. Now go see how much energy is used to make new units to replace these pieces of *+=\\.|{}#. :soapbox::bang head:

I did the commercial/industrial HVAC thing for 13 years before I started fighting fires. I'm not familiar with Tempstar but the units we were seeing 30 years ago were at the beginning of the energy conservation kick. The lighter weight heat exchangers didn't hold up well at all. The reason I say that is I would inspect the exchanger before spending any $$$ on it. If it has the older inducer instead of the negative pressure ones used today a bad exchanger can cause you to wake up dead. If I remember correctly the indoor fans on most of those older units operated on a heat button switch mounted near the exchanger. It sounds like you're on the right track on the pilot sensor to me too. 30 year old memories along with my CRS may be totally off :puzzled: 🤷*♂️🤷*♂️🤷*♂️ Yeah I know after proof reading this I'm not much help.

Yeah, I commented on your sale post. That whole 1000 mile round trip discouraged me. My truck loves fuel:mo money::mo money: Not to mention it gets cold up there.

I think I'm going to put a hitch on mine while it's torn down. My sister has a Hannigan trailer I'll take on a test run to see if I want one. If not maybe I'll fab up a small rack to put in the hitch for another small bag.

Best price I've seen in a while if you need one. Good til end of January.

Got it penciled in on our calendar. Planning to be there and to bring a few goodies for the raffle table.

Mega2500 (Gary Bakker) has come to my rescue and sending a couple shims. Where else can you get online to vent about local dealers and get offers to machine shims or get parts mailed to you? All before I had time to order new shims. Reminds me of an old post (Marcarl maybe) about free mechanic advice and parts. Thanks all.

I received Skydoc's valve kit yesterday, went through the bike and need 2 shims not in the kit. That's where the fun began. I called every Yamaha and Honda shop along with a few independents within a 2 hour drive, none have shims and most didn't know what I was asking for. How does a dealer with a service dept do all the scheduled maintenance they've signed off on without knowing what a 25mm valve shim is? Yamaha shop service mechanic told me it must be an extremely old bike to use them.

HMMMM Don't we have Mitsubishi fuel pumps in our 2nd gens? Does this explain the Kamikaze pump failures?

1st Gens???

Some of the Garmin GPS units have a mic in and mic out on the back. Paired with a Buddy Rich or Edsets cable it ties your phone to the bikes audio. You can then talk on the phone through the helmet mic. I'm looking into a way to do it without the gps. I want to put it inside the fairing and do away with the GPS

I'm with you on that. My 86 is going up for sale in the spring. As much as I like the power and handling it's just not as comfortable to us as the 07.